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NATURE STORIES FOR
YOUNG READERS
PLANT LIFE
BY
M. FLORENCE BASS
* Tongues in trees, books in the running brookSj
Sermons in stones, and good in everything."
ILLUSTRATED BY MRS. M, Q. BURNETT
BOSTON, U.S.A.
D. C. HEATH & CO., PUBLISHERS
1896
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1931
Copyright, 1893,
By M. FLORENCE BASS
Typography by J^ Cushing & Co., Boston, U.S.A.
Presswork by Rockwell & Churchill, Boston, U.S.A.
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PKEFACE.
This book is designed to accompany any First and
Second Readers.
Some of the lessons are easy enough for First Reader
pupils, while others are better adapted to children of
a higher grade.
The book is intended to be used as a change from
the regular reader, and not to be read through con-
tinuously by any class.
The arrangement of lessons is made with reference
to the convenience of the teacher, who will select such
as are suited to the season in which she is working.
It is hoped that the lessons will be given to the
children as an outgrowth of observation and conver-
sation on the subject-matter of the lessons.
Let the objects be brought before the children in
every case in which it is possible, that they may
become familiar with the real things treated of in
the book.
They should observe the plants in the different
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iv PREFACE.
stages of growth indicated, when reading the lessons
descriptive of those stages.
Such a lesson as " Spring Rain " will be best appre-
ciated by the children if read on just such a day as
it describes.
Such lessons as " Out of the Ground " are intended
only as texts, and will doubtless suggest many other
items of interest to the children.
Many of the lessons aim to give only a particular
instance of a general truth, to lead the . children to
discover for themselves other like instances, and finally
infer the truth itself : for example, " The Chestnut
Burr " will lead to a discussion of the different ways
in which seeds are protected until they are ripe ;
" The Beech Nuts," to the storing up of food in the
seed, which the young plant will need when it begins
to grow ; '^ The Milkweed," to the various ways in
which seeds are scattered ; " The Jamestown Weed,"
to the mutual help of insects and plants, and so on.
In the last-named lesson, as in some others, it has
not seemed amiss to let the children see that there
is something beautiful and interesting even in the
most common and despised weeds.
This little book is sent out with the hope that it
may brighten some hour in some schoolroom.
Indianapolis, Ind. M T^ 1^
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TO THE CHILDREN.
Dear Little Children: —
Once, when I was a timid little girl, our family
moved to a strange city.
I went to a school where I was a stranger.
One day as I sat in my seat, working at my les-
son, I chanced to look up at my teacher.
She gave me a pleasant little smile.
It made me very happy, for she seemed to say :
^^I am pleased with what you are doing."
Yet she really said not a word.
Suppose she had frowned at me. Do you think
I should have felt as happy ?
I tell you this to help you to think how many
things are really said, even when no words are used.
Plants, birds, and insects cannot say things to us
in words, yet they tell us many beautiful things by
what they do, if we will only learn to watch them
and think about them.
They tell us something by just being here.
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vi TO THE CHILDREN.
Even a house says something to me. As I look
at it, it says: " Some one made me, — some one who
could do much more than any little boy or girl."
So when I look at a tree or a bird, it says : '' Some
one who is greater than any man or woman made
me."
In these little lessons I have tried to help you to
find out some of the many things that are told us
without words, by things that we may see every
day.
Will you not watch and think to see how many
more you can find out for yourselves ?
Your friend,
Florence Bass.
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CONTENTS.
PAGE
Spbing .... 1
The Babies 3
Spbing Eain 4
SuGAB Making 5
Pussy Willow 7
A Peach Bud 9
The Wind and the Sun. 1 10
The Wind and the Sun. II 11
Spbing News 12
Beech Nuts in Spbing 14
A Chebby Bud 16
A Dandelion. 1 17
A Dandelion. II 19
A Dandelion , 20
A Violet 22
Maple Seeds. 1 23
Maple Seeds. II 25
Maple Seeds. Ill 26
The Life of a Bean. 1 28
The Life of a Bean. II 29
The Life of a Bkan. Ill 30
The Life of a Bean. IV 32
A Peach Tbee. 1 33
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PAGE
A Peach Tree. II ... 34
A Peach Tree. Ill 35
A Peach Tree. IV 36
A Pine Twig 38
A Story of a Pine Tree 40
The Bluebell 42
Summer 43
Clover Blossoms 45
A Hop Vine. 1 47
A Hop Vine. II 48
Flower-clocks 49
Corn 51
Out of the Ground. I 53
Out of the Ground. II = . . 54
Out of the Ground. Ill 55
Out of the Ground. IV 57
Out of the Ground. V 58
Out of the Ground. VI 59
A Eide through a Cloud 01
The Jamestown Weed. I . 62
The Jamestown Weed. II 64
The Jamestown Weed. Ill 66
Two Factories. I. 67
Two Factories. II 68
Two Factories. Ill 69
Autumn » 71
A Milkweed Seed 72
A Chestnut Burr 74
Try Again , 76
The Beech Nuts 78
A Sunflower . . > . . ......... 80
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CONTENTS. ix
PAGE
The Cocklebub . c . . . 81
Autumn Leaves S3
Going Home. 1 85
Going Home. II 87
Going Home. Ill 88
Winter 90
Winter Notes 91
The Snowflake's Story. 1 93
The Snowflake's Story. II 94
The Snowflake's Story. Ill 95
The Snowflake's Story. IV 96
The Snowflake's Story. V 97
A Big Koom. 1 98
A Big Room. II. • . 100
A Big Room. Ill 102
A Big Room. IV 104
A Big Room. V 106
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NATURE STORIES FOR YOUNG READERS.
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SPRING.
"Spring is the morning of the year;
The summer is the noontide bright,
The autumn is the evening clear,
That comes before the winter's night."
Did jou ever think
how much spring is like
the morning ?
The sun shines out bright and
warm.
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2 NATUEE STORIES.
He takes off the white snow blanket.
He says to the little birds and seeds
and roots : " JS'ow, my dears, I've made
it nice and warm for you.
It is time to get up."
Down come the little rain-drops.
They say : " Rap-a-tap, rap-a-tap.
Little buds, open your doors 5
Send out your baby leaves.
Little seeds, wake up your baby
plants.
Come little flowers, it is time to get
up."
Then how quickly they all obey!
Up jumps the grass, so glad to be
awake.
The little buds on the trees open
their doors.
Out come the little leaves and
flowers.
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THE BABIES.
Soon everything is wide awake, and
as busy as you are in the morning.
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THE BABIES.
" Rock-a-by baby on the tree top,
When the wind blows, the cradle will rock."
Is there any cradle up in a tree?
yes, many little cradles are
there.
They are not such cradles as your
baby has.
They have babies in them ; but they
are not like your baby.
The cradles are little brown buds.
The babies are little leaves or blos-
soms.
They have been wrapped up there
all winter.
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NATUKE STORIES.
How snug and warm they have
been!
They have many covers on.
Soon the spring will come.
Then they will wake up.
How fast they will grow !
They will not be baby leaves very
long.
They will soon be grown-up leaves.
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SPRING RAIN.
Rain, rain, I like to see you come
down.
You try to get in at the window.
You rattle on the roof.
I like to hear you patter, patter.
You will make the grass greea
You are waking up the flowers.
You are calling the little leaves.
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SUGAR MAKING. 5
You tell them to come out of their
brown cradles.
They have been wrapped up there
all winter.
It is time for them to wake up.
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SUGAR MAKING.
I went into a sugar camp.
I saw the big maple trees.
They had no leaves on them.
It was too early in the spring for
leaves.
The sap had just begun to run in
the trees.
Some of the trees had spiles in
them.
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NATUKE STORIES.
Then buckets were set under the
spiles.
The sap from the tree would drop,
drop, into the buckets.
The sap is called sugar water; it is
so sweet and good.
By and by a man came to get the
sugar water.
He put it in a big kettle over a
fire.
The water boiled for a long time.
You know that when the water-
drops get hot, they fly away.
The sugar cannot fly away.
It stays in the kettle.
So the water in the kettle got
thicker and sweeter as it boiled.
After a while it was maple syrup.
When the man makes maple sugar,
he boils the sap longer still.
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PUSSY WILLOW.
Then he stirs it and puts it in Httle
pans to cool.
You know how good it is then.
Is it not queer, that the old tree can
get an3rthing so sweet out of the
ground ?
You or I could not do it.
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PUSSY WILLOW.
How do you do,
little children ?
Here I come in
my gray fur coat.
Are you not glad
to see me?
I am the first to
peep out in the
spring.
When von see
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NATURE STORIES.
me, you know that spring will soon
be here.
Do you call me pussy because I
have fur like your cat ?
You see I come too early to wear a
thin dress.
I might be caught in the snow.
I have some sister leaf-buds on this
tree.
They have only thin green dresses.
They are not awake yet.
They are waiting for Father Sun to
make the earth warm.
I do not mind a little cold.
I have such a nice fur coat.
I just put it on, and jump right out
to tell you the good news : —
Jack Frost is soon to be sent up
north again.
Then spring will be here.
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A PEACH BUD.
A PEACH BUD.
I am a little brown bud.
I live on a peach tree.
I have lived there all winter,
but I have not been cold. %^^
I have on a warm brown cloak.
I will soon throw off my cloak.
Then you can see my pretty pink
gown — all trimmed with green and
white.
^^^^^ I have many little
^^^'^ " sisters on this tree.
Our home will look pretty, when we
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10 NATURE STORIES.
Some of my sisters have green
dresses.
The dresses are under their brown
cloaks.
By and by they will throw off their
brown cloaks.
Then they will show their green
dresses.
You will say the tree has new green
leaves.
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I. THE WIND AND THE SUN.
Once the wind and the sun had a
quarrel.
The wind said, "I am the stron-
ger."
The sun said : " JN'o, I am the stron-
ger. I can do more than you."
" We shall see," they both said.
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THE WIND AND THE SUN. 11
" There is a man with a heavy cloak
on."
"Let us see which one can make
him take it oif." So the wind tried.
He blew and blew as hard as he
could, but the man only wrapped his
cloak tighter.
Then the sun began. He shone and
shone. Oh ! how warm he made it !
The man said, "It is very warm; I
must take off my cloak."
So you see the sun was right.
He could do more than the wind.
11. THE WIND AND THE SUN.
All the little buds on the trees had
on warm cloaks.
The wind blew and blew upon them
all winter.
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12 NATURE STORIES.
They were like the man.
They would not take off their
cloaks for the cold wind.
T^ow the warm sun shines upon
them.
They are glad to take off their
cloaks.
The kind, warm sun can do more
than the rough, cold wind.
So can kind, pleasant people do
more than cross, angry ones.
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SPRING NEWS.
Mother Earth has a new spring
dress.
It is a beautiful grass green.
It is trimmed in yellow.
That is the work of the dandelions.
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SPRING NEWS. 13
Mr. and Mrs. Robin have come back
from the South.
They have been gone all winter.
We are glad to see them again.
Mr. and Mrs. Robin go South every
winter. They come JS^orth in spring.
It is easy for them to go where
they wish and when they please.
They pay no car-fare.
They pack no trunks.
They wear all the clothes they
have.
Now they have come to stay a while
with us.
They will build a new home at once.
Geand Concert, — every bright
morning at sun-rise.
Mr. and Mrs. Robin will sing.
Mr. Bluebird will also take part.
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14 NATURE STOEIES.
The sparrows will sing in the
chorus.
Many other birds will sing.
All should hear the music.
Admission free ! ! 1
BEECH NUTS IN SPRING.
Last fall all the little beech nuts left
their mother tree.
They were going to start out in life
for themselves
Their mother packed up a little box
of food for each one.
They did not eat it right away.
They all went to sleep.
They slept all winter.
That is their night, you know.
One little nut waked up the other
day.
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BEECH NUTS IN SPRING. 15
He said, "I shall take my stand
right here."
So he put his feet down to
the ground.
He began to eat the food out
of his box.
He pushed the box up as
high as he could reach.
Then he threw it away.
The box was the shell, you
see.
When the box was gone, I
could see what was left of his
lunch.
It looked much like the meat
of tlie nut; but a part of it had
a pink color.
Pretty soon it began to unfold.
I saw that it was two green
leaves.
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NATURE STORIES.
So now this little nut has
really started a home of his
own.
He is near his mother
tree.
She can look down and
see how he gets along.
A CHERRY BUD.
ame is
ite.
)r every
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A DANDELION. 17
I^ow you can see only a little of my
white dress.
By and by you can see it all.
Then my name will be Cherry Blos-
som. Many of us live on one tree.
When we come out, the tree looks
white like snow.
After a while the white part will
fall off.
Then a little cherry will grow on
my stem. When
the cherry is red,
you will be glad
to eat it.
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I. A DANDELION.
Do you see me ?
I am a yellow flower.
My name is Dandelion.
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18 NATURE STORIES.
Do you think I am pretty?
You need not go far to find me.
I come near you.
You can see me on your way to
school.
I love little boys and girls.
They love me too.
They are glad
I am bright li
I shine in 1
time.
You may call
me a day-star.
I go to sleep
at night.
I have a short stem.
I am not very tall.
Some day I shall not look as I do
now.
You will hardly know me then.
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A DANDELION.
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11. A DANDELION.
Here I am again.
Do you know me ?
Am I not a funny dan-
delion ?
Once I was yellow.
I had a short stem.
Then I was young.
JN'ow I am an old
dandelion.
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20 NATURE STORIES.
I have turned white like an old
man.
See how tall I am !
See the round ball at the top of my
stem.
It looks like mist.
It is made of little seeds.
Each seed has wings.
Some day the wind will call them.
They will all fly away.
Then you will call me bald.
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A DANDELION.
A yellow flower I often pass,
Smiling from the dewy grass ;
Like a bright star he is seen
Shining in his sky of green.
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A DANDELION. 21
But he wisely will not vie
With his friends up in the sky.
Ere the stars begin to peep,
Little day-star goes to sleep.
When the sun is in the sky,
Then he opes again his eye,
Looking up as if to say,
"I may cheer some one to-day."
But at last he shines no more.
For his bright young days are o'er;
And now, growing on the green,
Just a misty ball is seen.
JI^Tow my story soon is told.
Dandelion has grown quite old,
Like a gray-haired man, we say.
Waiting to be called away.
See ! his hair is white as snow,
And he's very glad to go.
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NATURE STORIES.
For I'll tell you, every one,
All his work has been well done.
When the breezes gently blow,
Voices call him soft and low.
Which he gladly will obey ;
For he then will fly away.
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A YIOLET.
Dear little violet,
I am glad to see you.
You are blue, like the sky.
I found you in the woods.
You did not know I was
coming.
Yet you are dressed in
your very best.
Is Miss White Violet your
cousin ?
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MAPLE SEEDS. 23
Miss Yellow Violet must be your
cousin, too.
I love you, every one.
You bloom whether any one sees
you or not.
I can learn something from you.
I must do my
very best, even
if no one sees
me.
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I. MAPLE SEEDS.
One spring day I looked up into a
maple tree.
I saw many little seeds with wings.
How they turned about and tried to
get away !
But their stems held them fast to
the tree.
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They seemed to say : —
"Mother tree, do let us go.
We should like to try our wings in
this wind.
We wish to begin to be trees our-
selves."
\
But the old tree said : —
"IS^ot yet, little seeds; you are too
young.
Wait a while and I will let you go.
You must stay with me till you are
quite grown."
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MAPLE SEEDS. 25
11. MAPLE SEEDS.
By and by the seeds were gi'own.
I saw one little seed fly gaily off in
the wind.
"IN^ow," it said to it-
self, " I can begin to be
a tree."
It did not know how long it must
wait.
It said, " IN^ow, sun and rain, help me
to begin to be a tree."
But they said, " Not yet ; this is not
the time to begin to grow."
So, all through the bright fall days,
the little seed waited.
Sometimes the wind would come
along and carry it to some other
pLice.
All the cold winter it still waited.
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26 NATURE STORIES.
By and by the snow and ice came
and held it fast. It could not grow.
And now it began to look very old
and brown.
It said, " Shall I ever begin to be a
tree?"
III. MAPLE SEEDS.
At last the warm spring days came.
I saw a little wing sticking straight
up into the air.
I went quite close to it.
Then I saw that the little seed had
really begun to be a tree.
Down into the ground it
had sent a little white root,
like a thread.
Out of its brown, hard
coat came two long, slender
leaves.
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MAPLE SEEDS. 27
They did not look at all like maple
leaves.
The little tree was
glad to begin as best it
could.
Before long it had two
more leaves, regular maple
leaves.
IsText year I saw it again.
It was still only a very little tree.
" How patient you must learn to be,
little tree," I thought.
" You wish to do so much.
And you must grow so slowly.
It will be years before you are a big
tree."
We have to learn the same thing,
little children.
All that is best, and all that lasts
longest, comes slowly.
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I. THE LIFE OF A BEAN.
Here is Baby Bean in her bed.
She is all covered up.
I made the bed nice and soft for
her.
I took out all the hard places.
Then I put Baby Bean into it.
I covered her up with earth.
That is this baby's blanket.
Then down came the rain-drops.
They were calling Baby Bean to
wake up, but there she lies, still fast
asleep.
She is all wrapped up in a white
coat.
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THE LIFE OF A BEAN. 29
She has something with her to eat,
too.
It is ready for her, when she wakes
up.
II. THE LIFE OF A BEAN.
0, ho ! Baby Bean is awake now.
She would not stay in bed.
She is peeping out from under her
blanket.
The bright sun made her very
warm.
She began to wake up and stretch
herself.
She crept out of her coat.
She began to eat some of her food.
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30 NATURE STORIES.
Then she stuck out her little feet.
We call them roots.
They serve this baby for feet.
They help her to stand up.
I will tell you something funny.
She has mouths in her feet.
That is not much like a baby child,
is it?
This poor baby cannot run about to
get her food.
So her mouths must be where they
can find food.
And her food is in the ground, you
know. ^^o^_
III. THE LIFE OF A BEAN.
Well, Baby Bean is fairly up now.
She is climbing up as fast as she can.
See her reaching up toward her
kind friend, the sun.
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31
The stems are her arms.
They can carry sap up and down, to
help her grow.
Your arms can
carry things too.
The leaves are
her hands.
They were all
doubled up like
a baby's fists.
like
They
are
your hands in one ^S
way.
They have work to do.
They take in air to help Baby Bean
grow.
She needs more than two leaves to
work for her.
See that bud at the top of the stem.
That is another little fist.
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32 NATURE STORIES.
Pretty soon it will open.
Then you Will see more hands, or
leaves.
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IV. THE LIFE OF A BEAN.
What has become
of Baby Bean ?
She has grown
very big and tall.
We cannot call her
Baby Beau any more.
We may call her Mrs.
Bean Plant.
She has a little family of
her own now.
See that little bean pod.
We might call it a little
cradle.
It has five tiny baby
beans in it.
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A PEACH TREE. 33
By and by they will grow big.
See that little white flower.
It will fall off before long.
Then another little bean cradle will
grow there.
It will have still other bean babies
in it.
After a while these beans will be
big enough to get out of their cradles.
Then Mrs. Bean Plant's work will
be done.
Think what she has done for us.
She has been busy all her life.
She has given us very many beans
like herself
I. A PEACH TREE.
"Old tree, how still you stand!
I am glad I am not you.
I should not like to be so still.
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Don't you get tired doing nothing?"
"Oh, little boy, do you think I do
nothing?
Do not think so any more.
I am very busy at work now.
I cannot run and play as you can,
but I can do much that you cannot do.
You cannot see me work.
You can see what I have done.
Do you like peaches?
Where would you get them, if I did
nothing?"
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II. A PEACH TREE.
" I will tell you about my work.
I have been resting all winter.
I have just begun my year's work.
First I must wake up all my little
buds.
I feed them with sap.
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That makes them grow bigger.
My pretty pink flowers must be
done first. When they are done, I
look very beautiful.
I soon throw off my gay pink
dress.
I must keep working on my little
leaves.
They have been wrapped up in little
buds.
I feed them till they are grown.
Then my green dress is done.
It is not so pretty as my pink one,
but it lasts longer."
III. A PEACH TREE.
"Did you think I had told you
about all my work ?
No, indeed, I have not.
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I have all my little baby peaches to
feed. I have more children to care
for than a mother bird.
Each little flower left me a tiny
peach.
I must send sap out to every one.
I must not miss any. I must put a
little seed in each one.
I wrap up a little tree in each seed.
I wish you to have plenty of peach
trees.
When my peaches are big, the sun
will help me to color them.
He will paint them red and yellow."
IV. A PEACH TREE.
" I have not yet told you all that I
do.
I must get ready for next year.
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I wrap up little leaves and blossoms
in buds.
By and by the wind comes along
and takes off my old leaves.
I need them no longer.
I have nothing left but my baby
buds.
I have one where each old leaf
lived. I wrap them up warm.
I do not wish them to freeze in
winter.
Then I go to sleep.
Have I not a right to rest ?
Have I not done much work ?
Do you know how I get so much
done ?
I do not hurry. I do not stop.
I just keep at it quietly.
People who work as I do, get the
most work done."
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A PINE TWIG.
Here is a
pine twig.
See those
long sharp
things.
They are its
leaves.
Are they
not queer
leaves ?
They are
called needles.
They are so
long and sharp. They do not all fall
off the tree at once.
If yon go into a pine wood, you
will find many of these leaves on the
ground ] but the tree is always green.
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It is well that the pine leaves
are not big and broad like some
leaves.
Perhaps they would hold so much
snow in winter that the tree would
break down.
The fine snow sifts right through
these little leaves.
Do you see the pine cones ?
When the cone is little, it stands up
to catch the yellow flower dust.
It will not grow unless the yellow
dust falls upon it.
When it gets bigger, it turns down.
Then the scales keep out the rain.
It seems to know just what to do,
doesn't it?
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STORY OF A PINE TREE.
When the wind blows through the
pine trees, they make a queer, sad
sound.
Here is an old story that tells about
this : —
Once a little pine tree was singing
in its own home far away from here.
It was very happy with all its
brothers.
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One day a stranger came and saw
the pine trees.
He thought their music was very
beautiful.
He liked their queer, needle-like
leaves.
He said, "I must have a little tree
like that in my own home."
So he took a little pine tree with
him when he went home.
The poor little tree was very lonely
in the strange land.
Its beautiful singing was all changed
to sighing.
And so all trees like it still sing the
same sad song.
Would you not feel lonely, if you
were carried far away from your
friends and into a strange land?
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THE BLUEBELL.
I once read a story of a bluebell.
A bird told it to a poet.
I cannot say that it is true, but it is
very beautiful.
This is the story : Once a little flower
lived down in a deep, deep valley.
Rocks rose very high on each side.
Trees grew on top of the rocks.
It must have been very still and
lonely down there.
This little flower was white, — white
as snow.
In the day it could see just a narrow
strip of blue sky over its head. It
would look up every day and think : —
" What a beautiful blue the sky is."
Then at night one bright star would
come out to cheer the flower.
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So every day the little white flower
loved and watched the blue sky.
Every night it looked up to the
bright star.
IN^ow comes the queer part of the
story.
The little flower turned blue like
the sky it had watched.
Inside of its cup came a little drop
of dew, bright like the star.
Did you know that we are like the
flower in one way ?
We grow to be like what we see
and love and think about very much.
SUMMEE.
'^ The summer is the noontide hrightP
We know that the sun and rain
woke up the plants in the spring.
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When the spring is gone summer
comes. It is like noon.
It is the hottest part of the year.
What must plants do now ?
Why, they must work during the
day, just as we do.
Do you know what they do ?
They make seeds. In every seed
they put baby plants like themselves.
Every kind of plant must do this.
It is so much work that it takes
some of them all summer to get it
done.
The sun helps ; the rain helps.
Every part of the plant does some-
thing.
Some day we shall learn how they^
all help.
Summer is the hard-working part of
the year for plants.
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Some plants get their work done
early. Some must work on till fall.
They are very much like people.
Some people must work all day till
evening.
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Here is a treat for Mr. Bee.
Each of these little flowers has a
cup of honey for him.
How many flowers do you think
are here ?
Did you say two ?
no ; this is a picture of more than
a hundred flowers.
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Dozens of little flowers live on each
clover blossom.*
They live as close together as they
can. Perhaps they like good com-
pany.
One of these little flowers, by itself,
would not look very pretty.
It is so little you would hardly see
it.
Did you ever get the honey out of a
clover blossom ?
You cannot do it as Mr. Bee does.
He puts his tongue down into the
flower.
Ton have to pull out the little
flowers before you can get the honey.
It tastes so sweet and good, I do
not wonder that Mr. Bee goes there
to get it.
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I. A HOP VINE.
One day a little seed in the brown
earth began to wake up.
It pushed up its head above the
ground.
It grew very fast.
It soon had many leaves and a long
stem.
Its roots were deep and firm in the
ground, but, strange to say, this little
plant could not stand up.
"What shall I do?" it said.
"I cannot bear to let my beautiful
leaves he in the dirt."
"Well," said a little tree near by,
"just crawl over to me. I will help
you get up.
" Can you reach me ? That is right;
do not fear to try.
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" Now just hold on to me."
" Oh, thank you, Mr. Tree.
" JN^ow I can get up nicely.
" I am so glad I did not give up try-
ing to grow at all"
So the hop vine wound itself round
and round the little tree.
It was soon as high as the little tree
itself. It spread out its green leaves
and looked very beautiful.
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II. A HOP VINE.
After a while some
ttle flowers grew upon
le vine. But they soon
went away. Then some
liops grew in their places.
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When they Avere ripe a man came
and gathered them.
He made some medicine of them.
And this medicine helped a sick
woman grow stronger.
The vine had been very thankful to
the tree for its help.
It might have said, " 'Now I cannot
help the tree in any way; but I can
help somebody. I know how good it
is to be helped when one is weak."
So it grew and helped the sick
woman. Can you not help some one
who is weaker than you ?
FLOWER-CLOCKS.
Who ever heard of a flower-clock ?
Can flowers tell the time of day ?
It seems as if some flowers can.
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When does a morning-glory bloom?
Did you ever see one open at night?
Little Four-o'-clock is true to her
name.
She opens only in the afternoon.
She acts as if she sent out cards :
" At home from four to seven."
The yellow primrose opens her
doors just after sunset.
She seems to say, "You must be
made glad all day. Morning-glory did
her best.
" Many little flowers have smiled at
you all day.
"This afternoon Four-o'-clock let
you see her pretty dress.
"Now here I come. I will make
you think again, 'What a beautiful
world this is ! '
" I have a bright yellow dress.
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" You can see me even if it does get
a little dark." Yery many flowers
close up their houses at night.
They act as if they knew it was time
for rest. How can they tell when to
bloom and when to close up ?
Are they not very wonderful ?
COEN.
Corn is a very beau-
tiful and a very useful
plant. Its long, slen-
der leaves shine like
satin in the sun.
Its flowers are
made of silk and gold.
Did you know that
a corn-stalk has
flowers ?
I
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It has two kinds of flowers.
One kind is at the top of the stalk.
It is called the tassel.
It is good only to make the golden
flower-dust.
You know all flowers must have
that to make the seeds grow.
Now where are the seeds to grow?
Surely not at the top.
There is no place in the tassel for
seeds. Look at the silk on the corn.
Take off the little green husk.
Each little thread of silk leads
down to where a grain of corn may
grow.
Sometimes an ear of corn has bare
spots on it, where no grains grew.
That was because
no dust touched
their silk threads.
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I. OUT OF THE GROUND.
What have I here ?
Only a handful of dirt.
It is sometimes called ground.
It is a part of the earth.
I have heard people say, " Mother
Earth."
Can you think why they say
that ?
Perhaps it is because it gives us so
much that is good.
What! can anything good come
from this black dirt ?
Yes, indeed, it gives us nearly
everything we have.
The earth is helped by the air
and sunshine and rain.
Then very wonderful things come
out of the ground.
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11. OUT OF THE GROUND.
WHAT WE EAT.
Do you think we eat anything that
comes from the ground?
Think how many plants we eat.
Beans, peas, and corn are seeds.
Radishes and turnips are roots.
Cabbage and lettuce are leaves.
All these are parts of plants.
Coffee is made from seeds.
Sugar is made from a plant.
All fruits grow on plants.
Our bread is made chiefly of flour.
The flour is made from wheat.
Wheat is the seed of a plant.
We get many more things from
plants ; and all plants grow out of the
ground. Does our meat come out of
the ground?
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1^0, not directly.
All meat comes from animals, but
animals could not live and grow ex-
cept for plants.
So you see we would have nothing
to eat except for what conies out of
the ground.
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III. OUT OF THE GROUND.
WHAT WE WEAR.
Do all our clothes come from the
ground, too? Let us see.
Many of our clothes are made of
wool.
Where does the wool come from ?
It grows on the sheep.
Some of our clothes are made of
silk.
A worm made that for us.
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Some of us have furs.
They are made of skins of animals.
So are our leather shoes and kid
gloves.
These animals could not hve with-
out plants.
Many of our clothes are cotton.
That grows around the seed of a
plant.
Some clothes are made of hnen.
That comes from the stem of a
plant.
Our straw hats are made from stems
of plants.
If you think carefully, you will see
that all we wear comes from plants or
from animals.
Plants grow out of the ground.
Animals live on plants or something
that eats plants.
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IV. OUT OF THE GROUND.
WHAT WE LIVE IN.
What are our houses made of? Of
brick, perhaps.
Brick is made of clay which is itself
a part of the ground.
A house may be made of stone.
That is dug up from the earth.
Or, a house may be made of wood.
That comes only from trees.
Houses have glass windows.
Glass is made from sand.
We use paint on our houses.
Men make paint from something
that they dig out of the earth.
Some of our houses have slate roofs.
The slate also comes out of the
ground.
Iron nails are used to build with.
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The iron is dug out of the ground.
Houses are plastered.
Plaster is made chiefly of lime.
That is made from a stone which
comes out of the ground.
I cannot think of anything used in
building houses which does not come
out of the ground.
V. OUT OF THE GROUND.
WHAT IS IN OUR HOUSES.
We have carpets on our floors.
Most carpets are made of wool.
The wool, you know, grows on the
sheep.
Matting is made of straw, a part of
a plant.
Chairs, tables, and bedsteads are
made of wood.
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We have stoves made of iron.
Oui- dishes are made of clay.
Knives and forks are made of silver
and iron, which are found in mines.
What do we burn ? Coal, perhaps.
It is dug up out of the ground.
Sometimes we burn gas.
It also comes up out of the ground.
We use gas or coal-oil to give us
light. The coal-oil comes from an oil-
well in the ground.
So you see we would have nothing
in our houses, were it not for what
comes out of the ground.
VI. OUT OF THE GROUND.
We have found that everything
which we use comes out of the
ground.
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Were it not for the ground we
would have nothing to eat, nothing to
wear, nothing to put into our houses.
Indeed, we should have no houses.
We could not live at all except for
what Mother Earth gives us.
She is like our own mother.
She gives us what we must have.
She gives us many beautiful things
besides, to make us happier and
better. Think of all the beautiful
flowers that grow out of the ground!
Think of all the fine gold and
precious stones that come out of the
ground !
See if you can think of anything
that does not in some way come to us
out of the ground.
Who makes all these wonderful
things come out of the ground?
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A RIDE THROUGH A CLOUD.
Once I had a ride through a cloud.
Do not think I am a bird or a drop
of water, or anything little.
I am a grown-up woman.
Then how do you suppose I could
ride through a cloud ?
Why! the cloud came down to me.
I did not go up into it.
I just rode through it in a buggy.
When a cloud comes down to the
ground we call it a fog.
Have you ever seen one ?
This cloud was down in a valley.
Up on the hill-top the sun shone
bright and warm.
As I rode down hill, I could see
the cloud below me.
I rode right down into it.
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I could see only a few feet ahead of
the horse. There was nothmg but
white, misty cloud all around.
How cold and chilly it was in the
fog! It had been bright and warm
up in the sunshine.
Pretty soon the sun came up above
the hill-tops.
How hard he tried to shine through !
He soon made all the little drops of
water warm.
Then they turned into vapor.
I could not see them. They flew
away. So the cloud was gone.
I. THE JAMESTOWN WEED.
What is this ?
It is Mr. Jamestown Weed's restau-
rant.
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See his wid<
He saySj ' p
this way, be
butterflies !
" Walk righ
and help yc
selves. Meals
ready at all
hours ! "
And how the bees do come !
They walk right in through the
wide-open door, down the long hall to
the dining-room.
They help themselves to all the
good things they can find.
Out they walk and say not a word
about the pay. But have they done
nothing to pay Mr. Jamestown Weed ?
Yes, indeed; they have done just
what he wished them to do.
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As they went in and out, they helped
put the flower-dust just where it is
needed. The dust helps the seeds to
grow. Do you suppose that is why Mr.
Jamestown Weed opened wide his
door, and hung out his white sign ?
Did he wish the bees to come and
help scatter the flower-dust ?
Do you suppose the bees knew
about the good they were doing ?
Even if they did not, their Maker did.
11. THE JAMESTOWN WEED
Is this Mr. Jamestown
Weed?
Yes, it certainly is.
He does not seem to
be keeping a restaurant
any more.
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His white sign is gone. His door is
not open.
His honse is shut quite tight.
It is very plain that he wishes no
visitors now.
Indeed, he has httle sharp swords
sticking out all over his house.
What does all this mean ?
Why, simply this : —
He has changed his business.
He is now running a seed fac-
tory.
J^obody will have meddlers in a
factory.
They only bother and do not
help.
So he is just like other factory
owners.
He shuts his doors and says: —
"No admittance."
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III. THE JAMESTOWN WEED.
Here is Mr. Jamestown
Weed once more.
His factory is open
now.
His seeds are all made.
He is anxious to dis-
pose of his goods.
That is why his doors are open.
Mr. Bee does not seem to be going
in.
He would find nothing good for him
to eat, if he did.
He would say, " I cannot eat those
little black seeds."
"IN'ever mind, Mr. Bee, each of
those seeds will start a restaurant of
his own, next year.
"So while Mr. Jamestown Weed
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was shutting you out he was getting
ready to do more for you by and by.
"You and your friends must be
there to help him."
I. TWO FACTORIES.
One day I went to visit a chair
factory. How much noise I heard !
Engines, wheels, bands, saws, ham-
mers, and men all busy making chairs.
I saw the wood there ready to be
made into chairs.
I saw the paint ready to put on
them.
I saw what made the engine go.
The engine made all the wheels and
saws and lathes work.
I could see just how the chairs were
made.
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And very nice ones they were, too.
I bought a red one for my little girl.
Then I started hohie.
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11. TWO FACTORIES.
As I walked along I passed an
apple factory.
Do you know how it looked?
It was only a tree.
What beautiful apples were being
made there! I saw no men, no
engine, no tools of any kind.
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I heard no noise.
Yet there were the apples being
made.
I saw nothing to make them of.
Some were just being painted by
the sun.
Some already had a beautiful red
color.
They were quite done.
I picked up one from the ground.
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III. TWO FACTORIES.
I looked at the apple and thought,
"What made it red?
"I saw this chair painted red.
" I know how it was done.
" I know how it was made, too.
" I could see what it was made of
" Who made this apple ?
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"Not all the men and tools in the
world could make one apple like this.
"Yet how quietly and strangely it
was done !
" How could that tree make such a
beautiful thing?
" What is it made of?
" Its leaves took something from the
air.
" I could not see what it was.
" Its roots took something from the
ground.
" I could not see that either.
"But the apple is made.
"How was it done ?
"Is not this factory more wonderful
than the other ?
" How many people
thought of it as they
^^ went by ? Did you ? "
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AUTUMN.
" The autumn is the evening clear P
The evening is cooler than the
day.
So is autumn cooler than summer.
We have our work finished in the
evening.
The plants, too, have about finished
their work in the autumn.
Just look around at the seeds they
have made.
See how every plant has done its
best to make seeds.
After this many of them lose their
leaves and stems.
The roots keep alive in the ground.
They sleep all winter.
Trees and bushes lose only their
»
leaves.
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They make little buds that have
new leaves for next spring.
These trees and bushes look as if
they were dead; but they are not dead.
They are only sleeping till the cold
winter is over.
See how much plants are like us : —
They work in their day.
They finish theu^ work in the even-
ing.
They get ready for the next day.
Then they go to sleep.
A MILKWEED SEED.
^ \ . ,. Here is a little balloon.
wind!
The top part is as fine as silk.
See the little brown basket below.
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The little traveller inside is asleep.
His ride will not hurt him.
IS'either will it hurt him to come
down. He will not even know any-
thing about it.
For he will not waken till \4/ -^
next spring.
Then he will just creep out of his
brown basket and go to work.
Do you know what his work is ?
Why, to make more balloons like
his own.
He will take care that a traveller is
tucked up inside of each basket.
Then next year each of them will
start out in his kind of business.
He thinks nothing in the world is so
important as people like himself
So he wishes them to be known far
and wide.
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They cannot ride in the cars as you
and I do.
They cannot fly as birds do.
So he takes this way of sending
them abroad.
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A CHESTNUT BURR.
See this chestnut burr.
It is soft inside like velvet.
On the outside it has sharp prickles.
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Three little chestnuts used to live
inside.
This burr was their house.
It was a good house for them.
It took good care of them.
Is that not queer?
Did you ever hear of a house tak-
ing care of the people inside?
That is what this house did.
It kept them shut up safe from
harm, till they were ready to come
out.
The sharp prickles kept people
away.
Neither could little Bunny come to
get the chestnuts.
When they were ripe, Jack Frost
opened their houses.
Then, out they jumped.
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TBT AGAIN.
"My name is
Blue Grass.
I am going to
preach you a little
1.
text is ' Try again.'
t is a good rule to
ill tell you how I
ew in front of a big
people who live
are queer people.
y did not seem to
that I must make
seeds.
"What a hard
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time they gave me ! I began my work
early in the spring.
I soon became very green.
Out came the lady of the house.
She said, ' This grass is getting too
tall.' You know what happened then.
I had to begin all over again.
I soon got another good start.
Along came a boy with a mower.
Down I went again.
I did not give up.
I just grew up once more.
How could I make seeds ?
I had to spend all my time makiug
only blades of grass.
I did not say, 'I cannot get my
work done.'
I grew as fast as I could.
One day all the people in the house
went away.
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They stayed a long time.
How hard I worked then!
I got my work all done.
See my nice ripe seed.
How glad I am I did not give up ! "
THE BEECH NUTS.
Jack Frost
came through
the woods one
night. He went
up to a beech
tree.
:her Tree, are
dldren ready to
[)u ? " he said.
I, they are all
Mr. Frost.
Lve kept them
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safe in their little prickly houses all
summer.
Two children have lived together.
So they have not been lonesome.
]^ow they are old enough to leave
me. So I have packed up a box of
food for each one.
After it is gone, they will be able
to help themselves.
They will have little roots of their
own.
Then they can get their food from
the gi'ound as I do."
So Jack Frost opened their houses.
And the little beech nuts started
out for themselves.
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A SUNFLOWEE.
See what
a big, bright
flower I am.
I am called
a sunflower,
ame.
is the best
3st thing I
to look at it.
_ J all day.
As it moves along in the sky, I turn
my face so that I can see it.
Do you not like to look at the best
thing you know ?
Do I not look a little like the big
sun? Perhaps that is why I am
called a sunflower.
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THE COCKLEBUR. 81
It may be because I am always
looking at the sun.
. It is nice to be named for something
so great and good.
Do you not think so ?
THE COCKLEBUR.
One day I saw
little cocklebur.
It had only two
leaves and one burr.
Many of its friends near by had
grown very large.
Some of them had made more than
a hundred burrs. It seemed to say : —
" Do not blame me because I am so
little.
I did not have a chance to grow at
all till just a little while ago.
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82 NATUEE STOEIES.
I had not time to make any more
leaves.
Something told me that Jack Frost
was soon coming.
You know we must go to sleep
when he comes.
We never let him find us with
nothing done. So I had to hurry.
It would never do to let him catch
me without a single burr.
So you see I have made one.
I shall leave a few seeds to make
more cockleburs next year.
What would you think of me, if I
lived all my life and did nothing ?
I should not like to go to sleep
with nothing done.
I am sorry I could not do more.
I did the best I could in the time I
had."
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AUTUMN LEAVES. 83
AUTUMN LEAVES.
^t^
^ ^ ^
Jack Frost has been in the woods.
All the little leaves put on their fall
dresses. How pretty the trees look
dressed in red and golden and brown.
The other day, North
Wind came rushing along in ^
his rough, cold way.
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The tender little plants began to
shiver and sigh.
They said, " What shall we do ?
We shall surely freeze."
The leaves upon the trees heard
them and said: —
" We can do something to help those
plant people.
Dear Mother Tree, we shall be
sorry to leave you.
We love you very much; but we
want to go and make a warm cover
for those little plants."
" That is right," said the old tree.
"I am strong. The cold wind
cannot hurt me. You have helped me
all summer. I do not need you now.
Go where you can do some good."
So down the little leaves went, softly,
one by one.
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GOING HOME. 85
They soon made a warm cover for
the tender plants.
And the old tree was quite bare.
Then the blue sky smiled down upon
them as if pleased with them.
Can you think why ? All their lives
these leaves had been doing good.
Even now they are helping others.
I. GOING HOME.
Have you ever seen a little brook ?
It is made of little water-drops.
They are on their way home.
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86 NATUKE STORIES.
Sometimes they go fast.
Then how they do laugh and
chatter !
Perhaps they think they will soon
be at home.
Their home is the big ocean.
They are going there as fast as they
can. Some of them have been gone a
long time.
Perhaps they are telling where they
have been.
I am sure they are glad to be with
one another.
One little drop cannot do much by
itself, but many of them together can
do a great deal.
They act as if they knew this.
For they all run down hill, as fast
as they can, to the lowest place they
can find.
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GOING HOME. 87
There they meet one another.
• Then they go dancing along together.
As they go on, more and more
water-drops come to join them.
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II. GOING HOME.
As the little drops run down hill,
they say: —
" Come, let us go on together.
We are all going to the same place.
Let us do some good as we
go."
So each picks up his load of dirt
from the hill, and runs on.
By and by they stop and leave their
load in some low place. The farmer is
glad to have them leave it in his field.
It makes the soil rich. They stop
to rest awliile in the low place.
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88 NATURE STOKIES.
Do you think they know what a
pretty picture they are making ?
Look down at them, some day.
See if you do not find a picture of
the sky and clouds and trees.
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III. GOING HOME.
Our little water-drops must hurry
on. They soon join a big river.
The river itself gets bigger and
bigger, as it nears the sea, because
a great many other rivers and brooks
have joined it.
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GOING HOME. 89
It does much good as it flows on.
It helps turn mills for people.
It carries steamboats from place to
place.
At last the little water-drops reach
their home.
Old ocean rushes up to meet them.
What a great roaring noise is made
by so many little drops together !
Do you suppose they are all talking
at once?
Can they be telling of their journey,
what they have done, and how they
have helped one another ?
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Perhaps they have learned how
little they can do alone, and how much
they can do together.
They find many other drops just
starting out.
So they keep coming and going all
the time. _^ ^^_
WINTER.
Winter is the night of the year.
It is the coldest part.
It is the darkest part.
It is also the time for little plants to
go to rest.
They are like some children.
They do not wish to go to bed.
They stay awake as long as they
can, but Jack Frost comes around and
sends them to bed — whether they
will or not.
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WINTER NOTES. 91
Then down comes a soft white
blanket. Do you know what it is
made of ? Is it made of wool ?
See how nature takes care of every-
thing. She gives all her buds little
warm coats.
She wraps up little plants in seeds.
She puts something in the seed for
them to eat when they wake up.
She keeps the roots alive in the
ground. She does more yet: she
sends down a cover of snow.
And the plants sleep safe and warm
through the long winter.
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WINTER NOTES.
One day last week a queer thing
happened. At night Earth had on an
old brown dress.
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92 NATURE STORIES.
The next morning, she had on a
most beautiful white dress.
'Now who could have made that
dress so quickly ?
It must have been woven up in the
clouds.
It was just dropped down upon her.
When the sun got up, he must have
been surprised.
He looked so bright, I thought he
was laughing.
Perhaps he said to himself: " I will
see what that dress is made of
I will unravel it just for fun."
Would vou believe it !
Before night that beautifiil white
dress was gone.
Just her brown dress was left.
Last night she got another white
dress just like the first.
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And this morning, when the sun
came out, he covered it witli diamonds.
It was so white and bright I couhl
hardly look at it.
Do you know what the dress was
made of?
Do you suppose Jack Frost had
anything to do with it ?
I. THE SNOWFLAKE'S STORY.
"Dear httle snowflake, how pretty
you are ! I am so glad to see you.
You are so very white and clean.
Are you a winter flower ?
Did you grow up in the sky ?
Where did you come from ?
May I take you into the house ? "
" If you do, little girl, I will not be
a snowflake.
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I take off my white fur cloak in a
warm place. Don't you ?
It is my winter dress.
1 wear it only when it is cold.
I have other dresses.
If I put them on, you do not call me
a snowflake.
I will tell you where I came from."
II. THE SNOWFLAKE'S STORY.
"My home was in the big sea.
I was a water-drop then.
One day I thought I would like to
take a journey.
I asked some of my Mends to go
with me.
Yery many were glad to go.
We put on our thin vapor dresses.
The sun helped us up into a cloud.
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THE SNOWFLAKE'S STORY. 95
The cloud was our car.
The wind was our engine.
What a good time we had!
We rode over many cities and
towns.
We saw hills and mountains.
We looked down into rivers and
lakes.
It was very beautiful."
111. THE SNOWFLAKE'S STORY.
" One day we met another engine.
It was a cold wind.
It made us very cold.
So we all put on our white dresses.
Then, you know, we were snow-
flakes.
These dresses made us heavy.
We broke through our car.
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Down we fell to the ground.
Oh, how glad the children were to
see us !
They ran and jumped, and said : —
^ Oh, it is snowing ! I am so glad ! '
So you see we have done one good
thing. We have made the little people
happy."
IV. THE SNOWFLAKE'S STORY.
"I have told you where I came
from.
Now I will tell you about my
dresses.
My common dress is called water-
drop.
You know how I look when I have
that on.
I wear that dress most of the time.
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If it is cold, I put on my snow or
sleet dress.
Or sometimes I put on my hailstone
dress. If I get very hot, I put on my
vapor dress.
And I have a still thinner dress
when I am hottest.
You cannot see it at all.
When I have it on, I am called
steam."
V. THE SNOWFLAKE'S STORY.
"IN'ow I will tell you some things
which I can do. You think I am
so little that I cannot do much,
1 can help do very many good
things. Can you ?
When I am a snowflake, I help
cover up the flowers.
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When I am a rain-drop, I help
plants to grow. I rnn down the hills
into the brooks and livers. I cany
rich dirt with me. I leave it in the
valley, but I go on home to the sea.
When I am steam, I am very strong.
I can help pull the cars you ride in.
I can do many more things. Will
you try to find out some of them?"
I. A BIG ROOM.
" The sky is a drinking-cup
Which was overturned of old ;
And it pours into the eyes of men
Its wine of airy gold.
We drink of the wine all day,
Till the last drop is drained up ;
And are lighted off to bed
By the jewels in the cup."
I will tell you about a big, beautiful
room. It is not shaped like this room.
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A BIG ROOM. 99
The walls and ceiling are round like
the inside of a bowl.
It is so large that thousands of
people can live in it.
It is carpeted with brown, or green,
or sometimes white.
Its ceiling and walls are usually
bright blue, with some white spots.
Sometimes one wall becomes bright
red and golden.
At times a gray curtain covers them
aU over.
Once in a great while, on this cur-
tain is a half-ring made of many
beautiful colors.
The room has one big, warm, bright
light.
This keeps it warm as well as light.
Part of the time some of the people
cannot see the light.
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Then their part of the room is dark.
Their ceiling is nearly black.
It is dotted all over with many
little lights. The people need never
tire of this beautiful room.
It does not always look the same.
Besides, it is full of wonderful
secrets. They are locked away in
every possible corner, even under the
carpet, in the walls, and in the ceiling.
The people have a right to find out
all they can ; yet nobody has ever
found out all of them.
II. A BIG ROOM.
The people who live in the room are
very different from one another.
Some of them do not seem to care
at all to look at the beautiful room.
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A BIG ROOM. 101
They do not care to find out the
secrets ; but some of the people care
about them.
They first get the keys to unlock
the secrets.
Then how they do search !
They look down under the carpet to
see how the room is made.
They try to find out whether it
always looked as it looks now.
They look up at the big lights and
the little lights.
They try to find out how far away
they are, and what they are made of
They do find out some of these
things.
It is like opening one wonder-box
after another.
Then they learn many things that
do them good.
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Often these things help all the
people in the big room.
If you were in that room, what do
you think you would do ?
Would you not think it a beautiful
room ?
Would you not try to find out some
of its secrets ?
You surely would.
III. A BIG ROOM.
Well, little people, you and I are in
the big, beautiful room.
We have been in it all our lives.
Have you not guessed that the room
is the world we live in ?
Can you not tell me what the ceiling
is, and what the big and little lights
are ?
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A BIG KOOM. 103
Do you not know about the carpet
and the gray curtain ?
Have you not seen the red and
golden wall at sunset ?
Is not the rainbow a beautiful
colored half-ring ?
The secrets are the many interest-
ing things we can learn.
We try to find out about the sun
and moon and stars.
We study about the earth itself, —
what is on it, and inside of it, and
around it.
We learn how plants and animals
hve and grow and take care of their
babies.
There is no end to the different
ways in which they do these things.
We find that we could not live
without plants and animals.
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They could not live except for what
comes out of the ground.
None of us could live without the
sun and air. So everything about the
big world works together, — one part
helping another.
IV. A BIG ROOM.
Would you like to unlock some of
the secrets in this big world ?
When you come to school your
teacher is trying to give you the
keys.
Reading is one of the keys.
When you can read, you can find out
what wise men have already learned.
Then you can begin where they left
off and learn more.
Your teacher gives you another key
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A BIG ROOM. 105
when she shows you how to use what
you learn.
She shows you many wonderful
things about plants and animals.
Then you must look at these things
for yourselves and try to learn more.
People have already learned many
very wonderful things.
They used to fear and tremble at
lightning.
JS'ow they know that it is only the
same thing that we hitch up to our
electric street cars.
The people make it carry words to
our friends, hundreds of miles away,
in a minute.
Are not these secrets worth finding
out?
Men have learned that many kinds
of plants will cure sick people.
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Is not that a good thing to know ?
Some wise men spend all their lives
finding out new things.
And yet there is always more to
learn.
V. A BIG ROOM.
We have talked about just a few
things in the big room.
Let us look up a little while.
Think of the big, warm, bright sun.
Did you know that it is many, many
times bigger than the world ?
It is so far away that you could not
live long enough to go half way to it,
even if you could go there as fast as
the cars run.
Look at the little twinkling stars.
Many of them are bigger than the
sun.
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They look so little because they are
very far away.
They are like our sun, and may have
worlds near them like ours.
Look up some clear night and see
how many bright, twinkling stars you
can find.
Perhaps each one is a sun for some
little children in a world millions of
miles away from us.
So you see, after all, this big world
is just like one big room in God's
house.
'"''In my Father's house are many
mansions^^
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